The Absolute Relations of Time and Space
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| Author | Alfred A Robb |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Relativity, geometry of spacetime |
| Published | 1921 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 80 |
The Absolute Relations of Time and Space is a 1921 book by the physicist and mathematician Alfred A Robb, published by Cambridge University Press.
Overview
The book is a concise restatement of the axiomatic, causal-order approach to the geometry of space-time that Robb had set out at length in A Theory of Time and Space (1914). Starting from the single primitive relation of "conical order" (one event being after another when it lies in its forward light cone), Robb derives the metrical structure of relativistic space and time. It was reviewed by the mathematician Harry Bateman in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (1922).
About the author
Alfred Arthur Robb (1873–1936) was a British (Northern Irish) physicist and mathematician known for his axiomatic, causal foundation of relativistic space-time — an approach that anticipated the modern concept of the causal structure of spacetime.
Publication details
- Author: Alfred A Robb
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 1921
- Pages: 80